Are you interested in your hearing? In memory of Bob Hofstetter, RPT, (1919-1996), _Safe and Sound_ will be offering free hearing testing at the CA State PTG Convention. Bob started tuning at 54 and became a Registered Craftsman under the old test system. Not satisfied to be "grandfathered in," he also passed the new test. In those days he could hear those beats; in his latter days, he could still hear them -- with hearing aids. He bought his first electronic tuning device, a Sight-O-Tuner, when he started having trouble hearing the high treble. Then he bought a SAT I, followed by a SAT II. Finally, he went through a succession of hearing aids as his hearing loss progressed. Let's try to keep this from happening to us if we can. The only preventive measures now known to work are wearing hearing protection when in noisy environments (while tuning, etc.), good nutrition, avoidance of certain medicines, and frequent monitoring. After years of searching, we have finally found a way for a person to monitor his own hearing accurately and throughout a wider frequency range than audiologists test. This new test equipment was created for sound engineers and tests the frequency ranges from 60 Hertz to over 20,000 Hertz. It will be available for you to check out your hearing at the CA State PTG Convention. There will also be a class on hearing with the inventor of the equipment present. There will be an opportunity for you to join in a research project on what the dangers actually are, and what hearing protection actually works. If you wear earplugs while tuning, you might bring them with you so you can test your hearing with them in also. Hope to see you there! Diane Diane Hofstetter 245-M Mount Hermon Rd.#343 Scotts Valley, CA 95066 ph 831-438-6222 fax 831-430-9741 dianepianotuner@hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
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